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"Weil, pardner, you talk straight, and you feel about the young lady as
I would if she was a friend of mine. But they are a bad bunch in there."
"I appreciate your warning, but it will not stop us."
"All right; go ahead, and good luck to you. About a mile farther on you
will come to a narrow defile leading to the north, cutting the range.
That leads into a broad valley, at the west end of which is the place
called the Hole in the Wall. It is practically impregnable. It is
entered by a narrow passage which one man could hold against an army.
It can be approached at night by riding down the valley, dismounting,
and crawling over the mountain until you are above the Hole in the Wall,
when every man can be wiped out by a few rifles."
"Thanks, sergeant. We will take to the hills."
With mutual good wishes, they parted, and the boys were soon riding in
single file up the defile.
In the valley they secreted themselves and their horses, while Ted and
Bud went forward to reconnoiter. It was rapidly growing dark in the
mountains as Ted and Bud crawled along the mountain paths toward the end
of the valley.
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